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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Meeting Abdul Mahdi Iraq’s PM Post Hopeful

Meeting Abdul Mahdi Iraq’s PM Post Hopeful

Friday 21 September 2018
The Iraqi victorious parties are set to pick a prime minister. They appear to agree on the experienced politician Adel Abdul Mahdi. Alwaght- The lengthened debate on the formation of a new Iraqi government following the May parliamentary election appears to near its end as the political parties reac ...
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Taiwan: Forsaking US, Embracing China

Taiwan: Forsaking US, Embracing China

Thursday 29 November 2018 ،
The local election on Saturday in Taiwan show a heavy defeat for the pro-US ruling party and a sweet win for the pro-China opposition. Alwaght- Taiwan held its local election on Saturday. The Taiwanese went to polls which was seen as a referendum on the policies of their pro-independence government. ...
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Germany Rejects US Proposal to Send Warships Off Russia’s Coast

Germany Rejects US Proposal to Send Warships Off Russia’s Coast

Friday 8 March 2019 ،
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a proposal by Vice President Mike Pence to send German warships towards Russia’s Crimea. Alwaght- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected a proposal by Vice President Mike Pence to send German Navy ships towards Russia’s Crimea. According to r ...
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Voting Ends in Turkish Local Polls Seen as Test for Erdogan’s Popularity

Voting Ends in Turkish Local Polls Seen as Test for Erdogan’s Popularity

Sunday 31 March 2019 ،
The voting ended for local elections in all 81 provinces across Turkey on Sunday in what is seen as a major test for the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Alwaght- The voting ended for local elections in all 81 provinces across Turkey at 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT) on Sunday in what is seen ...
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Spain Socialist PM Wins National Elections

Spain Socialist PM Wins National Elections

Monday 29 April 2019 ،
With nearly all votes counted, Spain’s governing Socialist Party strengthened its hold on Sunday in the country’s national election but without the necessary majority to govern as far-right party Vox prepares to enter parliament for the first time since the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Preventing Displaced Arab Residents Home: HRW

Iraqi Kurdistan Preventing Displaced Arab Residents Home: HRW

Saturday 7 September 2019 ،
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing some 4,200 displaced Arab residents from returning to 12 villages liberated from terrorists, the Human Rights Watch has warned on Friday. Alwaght- Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing some 4,200 displaced Arab residen ...
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Iraq Developments in Shadow of US Expulsion Bill

Iraq Developments in Shadow of US Expulsion Bill

Saturday 18 January 2020 ،
The country strongly insists on the US withdrawal, though it is faced by Trump threats off imposing sanctions. Alwaght- The West Asia region’s developments have gone a different direction after the assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani near Baghdad airport. Reacting to the ...
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EU Pledges Aid to Anti-Damascus Region in Name Sovereignty but Sanctions Assad Govt. for Being Sovereign

EU Pledges Aid to Anti-Damascus Region in Name Sovereignty but Sanctions Assad Govt. for Being Sovereign

Monday 31 May 2021 ،
The EU’s aid pledge to an anti-Damascus Syrian breakaway region and its renewal of sanctions against Bashar Assad reveal a contradictory policy that ramps up humanitarian aid, while worsening the hardships that require such aid. The EU’s aid pledge to an anti-Damascus Syrian breakaway region a ...
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Shadow of Collapse, Internal Conflict over Declining US

Shadow of Collapse, Internal Conflict over Declining US

Wednesday 22 December 2021 ،
Many in the US agree that the country may become scene to conflict in the years to come, mainly driven by pro-separation tendencies in various states. Alwaght- As about two weeks remain to anniversary of Trump supporters' attack on the US Congress,  a large number of political observers and ...
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The Sociology of Collective Horror in the US

The Sociology of Collective Horror in the US

Saturday 20 August 2022 ،
The US is a country where crises are condensing and this brings possiblity of a civil conflict. Alwaght- Amid increasing warnings by American scholars and officials about the future disputes in the bottom layers of the society, poll results suggest that half of the Americans think that their country ...

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